CVE-2024-26824 crypto: algif_hash - Remove bogus SGL free on zero-length error path

2024-04-1709:43:50

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

crypto

vulnerability

fix

algif_hash

zero-length error

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.5%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: algif_hash - Remove bogus SGL free on zero-length error path

When a zero-length message is hashed by algif_hash, and an error
is triggered, it tries to free an SG list that was never allocated
in the first place. Fix this by not freeing the SG list on the
zero-length error path.

CNA Affected

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    "programFiles": [
      "crypto/algif_hash.c"
    ],
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        "version": "6.5",
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      {
        "version": "6.7.6",
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